Glossary
Definitions of the terms used across the Excalidraw Docs documentation.
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Definitions of the terms used across the Excalidraw Docs documentation. Each entry gives the meaning used throughout these pages.
App state
Editor UI and viewport state associated with a scene.
Binding
A relationship connecting arrows or text to another element.
Element
A drawable object such as a shape, text, arrow, image, frame, or embed.
Embeddable
A Web Embed element that hosts external web content.
ExcalidrawAPI
The imperative API exposed to host applications.
Frame
A container-like element that organizes child elements.
Library item
Reusable element content stored in the editor library.
Scene
The complete drawing state: elements, app state, and associated files.
UIOptions
Embedded-editor configuration controlling available UI actions.